diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 4ac1cc71e27a69481baeade25f35d437e425bbfb..1fcb1d7a01548eb2ebd583594351ae2d6ccde544 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN cmake --build .
 RUN cmake --install . --prefix /usr/local/
 
 
+WORKDIR /cppinttest/
 CMD /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 500 -- \
     # ... and run tests
     ctest
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f5e147a304774a065babba21884430daface48ef..3294982451ba54bcc93f831fea839ac43c10abce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ test:
       - docker logs docker_sqldb_1 &> ../mariadb_log.txt
 
         # shut down
-      - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml down
+      - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down
 
         # collect results
       - rc=`cat result`